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US 6,274,129 B1Granted
Hair styling gels
AssigneeHelene Curtis, Inc.
InventorsDarshna Bhatt, Riaz Rizvi, Ramiro Galleguillos
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Abstract
Hair styling gels containing a carboxylated polyurethane resin, a viscosity enhancer, and an optional second hair fixative resin, in an aqueous carrier, are disclosed. The styling gel compositions impart excellent hair styling, conditioning, and hair set retention properties to treated hair.
Claims2
A method of treating hair to fix the hair in a desired hairstyle comprising:
- (a) wetting the hair;
- (b) applying a hair styling gel composition to the hair, said hair styling gel composition comprising
- (i) about 0.25% to about 6% by weight of a carboxylated polyurethane resin;
- (ii) about 0.01% to about 3% by weight of a viscosity enhancer;
- and
- (iii) about 15% to about 99.5% by weight water, wherein the carboxylated polyurethane resin has a weight average molecular weight of about 15,000 to about 300,000;
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- (c) then drying the hair while styling the hair into the desired hairstyle.
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